QURAN CHAPTER - 47
Muhammad - Muhammad
Revealed - Madinan
Ruku - 4
Ayat - 38
Theme - The theme of this Surah is to prepare the believers for war and to give them preliminary instructions in this regard. That is why it has also been entitled al-Qital.
It deals with the following topics:
- At the outset it is said that of the two groups confronting each other at this time, one has refused to accept the Truth and has become an obstruction for others on the way of Allah.
- After this, the Muslims have been given the initial war instructions they have been reassured of Allah's help and guidance:
- They have been given hope for the best rewards on offering sacrifices in the cause of Allah and they have been assured that their struggle in the cause of the Truth will not go to waste, but they will be abundantly rewarded both in this world and in the Hereafter.
- Furthermore, about the disbelievers it has been said that they are deprived of Allah's support and guidance:
- None of their designs will succeed in their conflict with the believers, and they will meet a most evil fate both in this world and in the Hereafter.
- They thought they had achieved a great success by driving the Prophet of Allah out of Makkah, but in fact by this they had hastened their own doom.
- After this, the discourse turns to the hypocrites, who were posing to be sincere Muslims before the command to fight was sent down, but were confounded when this command actually came down, and began to conspire with the disbelievers in order to save themselves from the hazards of war.
- Then the Muslims have been exhorted not to lose heart for being small in numbers and ill equipped as against the great strength of the disbelievers:
- They should not show weakness by offering peace to them, which might still further embolden them against Islam and the Muslims, but they should come out with trust in Allah and clash with the mighty forces of disbelief.
- Allah is with the Muslims: they alone shall triumph; and the might of disbelief will be humbled and vanquished.
In conclusion, the Muslims have been invited to spend their wealth in the cause of Allah. Although at that time they were economically very weak, the problem that they confronted was the very survival of Islam and the Muslims.
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